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M  E  R  L  ,I'Nr^''^^"«^^i^ 

ATTACK  OF  THE  BRITISH  SHIP  OF  WAR         *" 
THE  X50P^JZjD,  ON  THE 

AMERICAN  FRIGATE  CHESAPEAKE, 

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SECOND  EDITiOJf. 


I  T.U 


^  PRIKTED  FOR  THE  AUTHOR, 

2  OCTO«B«,  iSof.  •»- 


44 


ADDRESS. 


'  TO  Richard  E.  Lee,  Efq.  Mayor  of  the 
borough  of  Norfolk,  Virginia^  and  all  other  the 
Citizens  of  the  United  States  of  America,  who 
are  influenced  by  J:he  genuine  principles  of  Anno 
1775  &  '76, — and  more  particularly  the  citizens 
oi  Norfolk,  Port/mouthy  and  its  vicinity,  who  aiTem- 
bled  in  June,  1 807,  in  order  to  take  efficient 
me^ifures  of  defence  at  this  all  important  criiis. 
,^.  ....         _— _  ,~ 

Re/peiled  Friends  &?  Fellonu-Citizens  t-^ 

A  fuperficial  gcnini;,  it  appears  to  me  muft  readily 
allow,  that  it  is  fo  ordered  in  Providence,  that  we  live  in  a 
day,  pregnant  with  the  moft  intereliing  events ;  and  that  it 
wiltiinaUy  terminate  in  favour  of  the  great  family  of  man* 
kind,  (here  hasriiolibeen  a  (hadow  of  a  dqubton  my  mind  for 
many  years  paft.  It  is  a  well  known  maxim  with  the  great 
bulk  of  the  enlightened,-— remove  the  caufe,  and  the  t!k& 
of  courfe  ceafes. 

The  late  outrageous  attack  of  the  Britifli  fliip  of  wari  the 
Leopard,  on  the -United  States.  Clip  of  w«r,  the  Chefapeake, 
in  which  the  dignity  and  fovereignty  of  the  United  States 
received  for  the  moment  a  wound — in  my  humble  apprehen- 
fion,  compleatly  fulfills  the  predidion  of  Mmruh,  a<elebcat> 
ed  ancient  Briton,  who  lived" in  the  fifth  century.  After  be- 
ing in  the  full  belief  that  every  fentiment  would  in  due  time 
be  fulfilled,  in  order  to  get  the  opinions  of  my  then  fetiow- 
citizens,  I  got  4t  inferted  in  the  Oracle  of  ibe  Day,  edited  by 
Mr.  Charles  Peirce,  Anno  1 796, — Mr.  Peirce,  at  the  moment, 
feems  to  have  been  influenced  by  the  purell  of  motives,  in 
order  to  diSTufe  light  {  and  of  courfe  the  types  then  under  his 
immediate  dircAion,  aofwered  the  purpofes  of  Qmnipotence 
in  permitting  their  invention  ;— I  heard  -of  \\t  rbeing  copied 
into  fome  of  the  Southern  papers,  but  no  Dotice  taken  thereof 
vhAt  ever  came  to  my  knowledge,    ggon  after  the  clevatioc 

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or  of  the 
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of  Anno 
s  citizens 
ho  aiTem- 
efficient 
t  cnfi3. 


luft  readily 
we  live  in  a 
and  that  it 
lily  of  man- 
ly mind  for 
:h  the  great 
d  the  tSe& 

of  war,  the 
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lited  Statei 
e  apprehen* 
I  a<elebcat* 
After  be. 
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then  fellow- 
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ting  copied 
ken  thereof 
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111. 

orour  prefent  illuftrious  Chief  to  the  Prefidential  Chair,  I  had' 
them  inferted  in  the  Newhampfhire  Gazette  ;  nf  prefent  under 
the  direSion  of  two  diftinguilhed   citizens  in  their  line, — iul 
fiiU  had  no  notice.     Far  advanced  in  life  as  I  am,  I  lock  back 
with  a  fenfible  pleafurc,    that    the  prime  of  hfe  was  in  fome 
degree  devoted,  to  help  to  rear  the  ii.dependent  flag  of  United 
America.     Language  fails  me  to  depift  to  you  how  very  fen- 
fibly  it  wounded  ray  feelings,  when  I  firft  heard  of  the  recent 
indignity  ofifered  it,-<-and  you  may  he  a/Tiired,  I  Ihall  be  ono 
of  the  laft  to  defert,— if  need  be.     Having  for  my  own  amufe- 
inent,  made  my  remarks  on  the  different  pieriods,   wherein  it 
ftruck  my  mind  in  tl>c  moft  forcible  manner  that  this  remaika-; 
Uc  prediftion  was   fulfilled,    I  ftiew  it  to  fome  of'  my  confix* 
dential  friends,  for  their  candid  fentiments,  and  by  whofe  ad- 
vice it  is  now  laid  before  thrpwbl'c  tribunal,  with  this  reqaeft  j 
not  to  be  over  hafly  to   receive  or  condemn,   until  it  is  thor- 
oughly inveftigaied,  each  one  for  himfelf ;— and  in  order  thai 
you  might  form  clear  and  juft  conceptions  for  my  ccmin»i} 
forward  at  the  prefent  moment,— You  will  permit  me  to  no- 
tice, that  I  am  by  birth  an  Englifliman,  unirfiuinced  TiwA  urjtn- 
Juned ;— a  native  of  Dunfter;  ii»  the  country  of  Somerfeit  ;  a? 
my  parents  were,  in  the  ftriflnefsof  fpeech  rigid  nonccnfcrm- 
ifts,  tliere  was  early  implanted  in  the  mind,  when  tender,  the 
moft  elevated  ideas     refpefling  religious  and  civil   liberty, 
and  ofcourfe  a  rooted  enmity  againft  all  ufurped  power  either 
in  church  or  Rate*      When  young  I  was  fent  over  to  Neath 
in  Glamoiganlbire  in  fouth  Wales,  for  the  purpofe  of  an  edu- 
cation, and  put  under  the  tuition  of  a  Mr.  Llcwelen,  a  noted 
fchoolmafter,  a  gentleman  well  verfed  in  the  languages,  and 
was  in  unifon  with  my  parents,   refpefling  the  right  of  con- 
fcienre  and  citizenfhip  ;  where  1  became  acquainted  with  tb-; 
works  of  Merlin,  and  can  welt  remember  of  the  honorable 
mention  made  of  him  by  Mr.  Z./(rw«>/(fn  and  others.     Early 
in  life  I  was  fent  over  by  my  parents  to  this  country,   to  a 
noted  merchant  of  this  town,  a  fchool-fellow  and  an  intimate 
friend  of  ray  father's,*— he  was  a  warm  zealous  friend  to  the 
liberties  of  mankind  ;  fo  that,  when  the  fatal  moment  for  my 
native  country  took  place,   in  the  commencement  of  hoflili- 
ties.  Anno  i775-~l  was  not  at  a  lofs  to  determine  how  to 
conduft  at  that  eventful  period.      During  the  revolutionary 
war,  I  rendered  this  country  all  the  fervices  within  the  com- 
pafs'of  my  enfeebled  abilities  ;    at  the  final  iffue,  the  then  fu- 
preme  executive  did  me  that  juflice,  as  to  caufe  the  public 
ftal  of  this  Slate  to  be  plit  on  my  public  cbarafter. 

•  Jihn  Mcff»U,  Efy.  At 


IV. 

At  rfie  pre(?nt  order  of  things  taking  ptace.  ^''^^'fjl"'^. 
fcrv1«,  in  the  pri..,  entitled  me  to  ^c  "ot.ced  ,n  the  j/..A^^^^^^^^ 
;;fe  ;  1  therefore  made  application  '«  fo™^/'^^""';''*^^^ 
te,s  in  this  town,  /.  ,^  #/7.-owing  i  P«f""«' '°  T^f  happy 
vif.on  for  their  favorite  J^p^ndants.  ^«,  J  ;■"/«*;' ^''PPJ 
to  be  poffefTed  of  a  mind  (uperior  tt>  prlf,  for  I  f  "^y^ 
//>.,«  their  princely  fortunes,  or  their  favonte  d^P^^J^'^'J^ll^ 
competency.  I  am  well  aware  that  this  my  prefent  devel- 
opS  of  this  enigma  of  MMs  ^-yJ^^ZtJ,Z, 
ment  the  minds  of  fome,  in  confequencc  of  a  ^""J'^"^  '«^ 
that  the  fpirit  of  prophecy  has  long  fince  «afed  juh  the 
Apoftles ,  but  probably  not  being  «<=q''«'"»^'*.^;^,*^'Sf 'j'^^S"" 
of  fciences.  the  fcience  of  Co-refpondence,  tn.ght  »'»  avail,-. 
yet  admitting  I  am  finguhr   I  hold  that  the  one  and  nd.v^ 

fable  great  Supreme,   for  '"f°"%«"f^'^°^f  ^',  ,VJ  inftru- 
undefftandings,  has.  in  all  ages  of  the  world,   feiefled  inftru 

n>ents  and  endowed  them  with  the  fpint  of  P^^Pj^y-    " J^"^ 
der  to  be  communicated  for  the  beneht  °f  """^"^^f  f^?  *'^J 
llkewife  do  I  make  an  eflential  difference  b^J^en  Je  fp„.t  of 
prophec),  and  mirHcles.-the   latter  .I;"<^'  J/^^^'iS 
ceied.       It  is  as  firmly  fixt  in  my  mind    as  the   Apalaciao 
mountains  are  to  the  centre,  that  jn  all  «g«; '"blTrb  u  'hT» 
been  felefteJ  at  the  hands  of  Omnipotence,  to  bring  about  hi» 
purpofes  in  thi,  fublunary  world      It  is  in  this  po'^t  '^f  'ighl 
Ihaf  I  confrJer  the  aff.mbling  of  that  ';»«"°"^''f  ^^^^f J^' 
riots,  who  affcmbled   at   Nor/ilk,  refpeft.ng  the  »»'«  t  anfaft. 
U>ns  between  the  Leopard  and  the  Che^^Pfl^J' f  "f '^' ^^  e 
riled  letter  of  the  Mayor  of  the  borough  of  Norfolk  to  the 
Br  tift  commodore  -.-which  is  the  fole  motive   that  induce. 
«nd  emboldens  me  to  prefix  his  name  to  this  my  P^«f«t  pub- 
lication,  without  previoudy  obtaining  h.s  confent;_  and  In- 
dulee  a  hope  it  will  be  confideied  by  h.m  a   fufik.ent  apolo- 
gv  therefor.     Devoutly  hoping  that  the  rulers  of  my  native 
cminrry  for  once,  will  be  difpofed  to  take  meafures  to  prevent 
an  open  rupture  between   the  two  countries,  and  fi'' (natie" 
in  future  oS  a  durable  bafis  -.-undoubtedly  7°"  veill  ^nn   m 
fentiments  with  me  ;    and   after  committing  each  one  to  the 
all  p^otefling  arm  of  that  b.ing  th«t  is  able  to  proteft,  with 
permiffion  1  beg  leave  to  fubfcribe  myfelf, 

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IGH. 


PRELIMINARY  OBSERVATIONS  ON«    " 
-     MERLIN'S    PREDICTION* 

'pRE  L/OAT,  is  an  emblem  of  Great  Britain, 

■*■  and  it  is  well  knewn  how  much  (lie  values  herfelf  on  the  prow-- 
efs  of  the  mafter  bead  of  the  forcft.— The  COCK,  is  an  tmbltm  of 
France  ;  we  frequently  read  of  the  OaHic  Oock.— The  DOf^£,  is  an 
emblem  of  America,  as  h  well  known  amongd  tbelearncri,  for  thefe- 
cogent  reafons  ;  Chriflopher  Columbus  was  the  firft  difcoverer  of  this 
vaft  Weftern  Continent,  and  Columbia  is  fignificant  of  the  Dove,  aud- 
Ihe  DoM  is  well  known  to  be  an-emblen:  of  inaoccnte. 

1st.  • 
^^Whin  thefava^e  is  meek  and  mid,' 
"  The fsantic  mother  Jhalljiab  her  child"  ' 

[MERLIN.]  ' 

WELL  might  the  royal  Pfalmift  with  an  up-» 
lifted  mind  exclaim,  Lord  what  is  man,  that  thou 
art  mindful  of  him.  And  in  other  of  his  produc-. 
tions,  when  under  the  influence  of  the  fpirit  of 
truth,  he  very, readily  and  juftly  acknowledges 
that  thciways  of  the  Almighty  are  paft  finding. 
out,  or  in  other  word^,  unfathomable  to  us  the. 
muckworms  of  the^  earth,  when  compared  to 
the  Deity.^— I  thus  introduce  the  fubjeft  Avith- 
thefe  obfervations  to  notice  that  foon  after  the 
chriftian  era,  that  truly  interelling  epoch— that 
the  fuperior  light,  with  which  it  was  uftiered  in, 
foon  began  to  dwindle,  and  alas  I  :  man,  fallible 
and  pliant  man j  foon  felt  the  fatal  efFefts  thereof :  ; 
— rit  is  a  very  intcFeiling  adageto  go  to  the  foun-^ 
tain  head  for  the  pure  water  ;— And  asldng  as- 
the  priefts  of  the  altar  aAed  up.to  their  original, 
inftitutions  in  the  promulgation  oftheGofpel  of- 
Peace,  and  princes  did  not  forget  they  were  men,; 
A-.2       ,     ;i  ..:    .         refppnfible  -  . 


[  ^  J 

rcfponfible  for  their  aftions  to  the  author  of  all 
good,— every  thing  went  well.  But  when  the 
infernal  marriage  between  Church  and  State  took 
place  under  Conftantine  the  great — mark  the 
confequence, — the  furamoning  the  counfcl  of 
Nice,  wherein  the  one  and  indivifible  great 
Supreme  was  fplit  in  pieces.— As  it  is  foreign  to 
my  intention  to  give  too  lengthy  a  detail,  fuffice 
when  I  fay,  that  it  was  fo  permitted  that  the 
union  of  Churcl^and  State,  funk  man,  the  nobler 
part  of  the  creation,  into  the  mofl;  abjeft  ftate  of 
flavery,  as  the  hiftory  of  Europe  will  clearly 
evince  :— But  in  the  fulnefs  of  time  it  was  fo  or- 
dered, that  the  invention  of  types  took  place,  and 
it  was  worthy  of  notice,  about  the. time  the  re- 
formation under  Luther,  and  the  fpirit  of  difcov- 
ery  by  the  Portuguife  round  the  Cape  of  Good 
Hope,  and  the  unexplored  regions  of  the  Well 
under  Chriftopher  Columbus. 

The  Englifli,  ever  aftive,  in  the  reign  of  Queen 
Elizabeth,  firft  eftablifhcd  a  colony  in  that  favor- 
ed fpot  of  heaven  Virginia  ;— which  name  it 
retams  in  confequence  of  her  virgin  ftate.  Her 
fucccffor  James  the  firft  of  England,  and  fixth  o£ 
Scotland,  a  haughty,  imperious  and  weak  prince, 
in  whofe  reign  the  unfounded  dodrine  of  nou- 
refiftance  and  paffive  obedience  againft  the  LordV 
anointed,  was  carried  to  a  high  pitch  by  the  thciv 
ftatefmen,  and  confirmed  as  orthodox  doflrine 
from  the  then  haughty  and  imperious  prelates  of 
the  eftabliflied  church,  and  the  inferior  order  o£ 
the  clergy  under  their  controul  ; — however,  a 
chofen  few  bore  an  honorable  teftimony,  and  by 
way  of  derifion,  was  firft  honored  with  the  dig- 
nified name  of  Puritans.  His  fucccffor  Charles 
the  firft,  with  a  laud  in  the  church  to  co-operate, 

fo 


3r  of  all 
hen  the 
ate  took 
ark  the 
infcl  of 
e  great 
eign  to 
I,  fuffice 
hat  the 
e  nobler 
ftate  of 

clearly 

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ace,  and 

the  re- 

difcov- 
f  Good 
le  Weft 

■  Queen 
t  favor- 
lame  it 
5.  Her 
fixth  o£ 
prince, 
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rder  o£ 
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and  by 
he  dig. 
Charles 
>perate, 
fo 


.    r   7    i 

fo  far  from  relaxing,  carried  the  nefarious  doc- 
trine to  the  higheft  pitch  j— fo  that  the  lligma- 
tized  Puritans  were  under  the  neceffity  to'enii- 
grate  to  this  then  howling  wildernefs.and  iirft  fet- 
tled at  Plymouth  ;  which  by  the  way  of  eminence, 
I  confider  to  be  the  mother  of  New-England  ;— 
and  I  would  wifh  to  indulge  a  hope  at  this  event- 
ful moment,  that  the  fons  of  the  firft  founders  of 
Plymouth  would  walk  flcadily  in  the  path  fet  be- 
fore them  by  their  worthy  predeceflbrs It  is 

worthy  of  notice,that,with  the  exception  of  Penn- 
fylvania,  whofe  proprietor,  the  great  Wm.  Penn, 
the  firit  founder,  not  conlidering  the  right  of  dif- 
coyery  on  the  part  of  the  Europeans  to  be  a  fuf- 
ficient  ground  for  him  to  fettle  the  lands  of  the 
Abongmes  without  their  leave  firft  obtained,  took 
the  honeft  and  peaceable  mode  of  making  pur- 
chafes  of  theri  as  the  colony  extended  ;  by  which 
judicious  procedure  the  colony  of  Pennfylvania 
enjoyed   the   greateft>  of  all  bleffings.  Peace  ;— 
while  her  fifter  colonies  were  (with  feme  excep- 
tions) generally  engaged  in  wars,~In  many  of 
which,  the  greateft  of  barbarities  were  exercifed 
on  the  unhappy  viftims  who  were  ft)  unfortu- 
nate as  to  be  taken,  too  fhocking  to  relate  !.  and 
for  more  particulars  muft  refer  the  reader  to  the 
hiftory  of  the  times.— As  the  colonies  increafed. 
It  had  a  tendency  to  raife  the  mother  country 
England,  into  importance  in  the  eyes  of  Europe.' 
It  IS  a  well  known  faci,  that  the  French  had  here 
to  the  northward  extenfivacolonies,  and  it  is  well 
known,  the  French  and  Englilh  have  for  centu. 
ries  paft,  been  rival  nations— The  incroachment 
of  the  French  on  the  colonies,  after  the  peace  of 
Aix  Lachaple  in  1/48,  laid  the  foundation  of  the 
war  of  I J $6 J — The  unparralled  fuccefs  of  the  Eng- 

lifli. 


IHh,  "in  every  quarter  of  the  world,  and  more  par- 
ticularly  in  America,  where  the  lives  and  fortunes 
of  the  then  colonifts  were  devoted  to  their  then 
niother  country,  whofe  councils  were  under  the 
direaion  of  fpirited  and  upright  ftatefmen,  which 
terminated  in  the  peace  of  1762,  in  which  the 
Britifli  became  fole  niiftrefs  of  this  vail  Northern 
Continent  ; — By  that  means  an  univerfal  peace 
with  the  Indiam  or  Savages,  (fo  called)  took  place, 
and  which  in  my  opinion  fully  compleats  the 
enigma,  contained  in  the  firft  line  of  Merlin's 
prediaion.— And  now  with  painful  fenfations  I 
proceed  in  order  to  develope  the  fecond.  .    The 
prefent  ill-fated  Monarch  of  Britain,  when  he 
mounted  the  throne  of  his  grandfather,  was  dread-' 
ed  abroad  and  beloved  at  home  ;  and  in  his  firft 
fpcech  to  his  parliament,*  boafted  of  his  being 
born  a  Britton,  and  gforicd  in  the  name  j— how 
long  he  kept:  his'  word,  let  the  impartial  world 
judge.     Having  fdr  his  preceptor  a  haughty  im- 
perious Jacobite,  wh6  was  foon  noticed  with  arr 
important  birth  in  the  adminiflration;    The  na- 
tion fdon  felt  the  fatal  effeas  thereof  in  the  refig-' 
nation  of  that  great  and  upright  ftatefman,  tht 
the  Hon.^  William  Pitt,  and  others  in  whofe  ad-' 
miniftration  the  arms  of  the  Britifli  nation  were 
carried  to  the  highfeft  pitch  of  human  glory.  Soon- 
after  the  peace  of- 1 762,  fatal  for  my  native  coun.; 
try,  their  councils  were  then  in  the  hands  of  men 
inimical,  to  the  liberties  of  their  fellow  fubjeas, 
Thie  confequence  was  the  adoption  of  meafures 
that  infringed  on  the  liberties  of  Engliflimen  j 
which  threw  the  flritifh  nation  into  diforder^- 
and  with  the  afllftance  of  a  venal  parliament,  en^ 
aaed  laws  for  a  permanent  revenue,  to  be  difpofed 
of  at  the  pleafure  of  the  crown,  independent  of 
\Ah:  .  the 


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C    9    ] 
the  colonial  legiflatures  ;-and  as  was  natural  to 
expeft    ran  hCe  wild  fire  from  one  end  to  the 
other  of  this  vadNorthern  Continent,  and  roufcd 
the  peaceable,  loyal,  but  fpirited  Americans,  who 
as  one  ^w«,  felt  mdignant  on  this  open  violation 
of  their  hberties.     It  my  memory  docs  not  fail 
me,  the  omnipotence  of  the  Britifli  Parliament 
was  firft  caUed  in  qucftion  in  the  houle  of  Bur- 
gefes  in  that  highly  favored  fpot  of  heave  n,F/m;i/^ 
—But  as  I  would  not  wifh  to  defcend  too  far  into 
particulars,  on  a  prefumption  that  the  hiftory  of 
the  times  are  in  the  hands  of  moft  of  the  citizens  : 
let  It  fuffice  when  I  fay  that  previous  to  the  rel 
pea  of  that  deteftable  Stampt  Aft,  that  in  fuU 
parliament  they  declared  that  they  had,  and  ever 
tjad  aright  to  tax  the  unreprefented  colonics  of 
America,  in  all  cafes  whatever— I  appeal  to  your 
candor  and  goodjudgment  to  determine  whether 
It  was  not  in  the  fupreme  fenfe  of  the  word,  a  fatal 
ftab  mto  the  very  vitals  of  our  then  liberties  ;. 
as  for  my  own  individual  part,  I  conftrue  this- 
memorable  epoch  to  be  a  fulfillment  of  the  fecond. 
line  in  the  firft  feclion. 

ad. 
•"  When  the  Cock  Jhall  woo  the  Bore, 
"  The  Mother  the  Child  Jhall  ceafe  to  love:'- 

nnf/^^""  S^.?"S  °^  *^^  declaratory  aft,  in  confe- 
quence  of  the  univerfal  abhorrence  with  which 

^nfon 'a""P'  ^?  """l  ^?^  ''  *^^  ^^"^s  of  the  then 
coIonifts~and  at  the  hands  of  the  majefty  of  the 
people  the  ftampt  agents  were  not  permitted  to 
^dmlnV?  """'"^^  imagined  by  fome,  the  British 
adrnimftration  wou  d  have  let  the  matter  have- 

^ Inn-ft  '^'  ''  ^^'  ^T''^  ^"^  grievances  of  the 
colomfts  were  warmfy  efpoufed^y  the  genuine 

friends 


friends  of  colonial  and  Englifli  Libeitiv53,  with  a 
Pitt  and  Burke  at  their  head  in  Europe  ;  whilft^ 
the  then  American  patriots  exhaufted  language 
to  fubftantiate  the  juftnefs  and  reafonablerrefs  of 
their  claims  : — but  alas,  to  none  cficcl ;  intoxi- 
cated with  their  felf  omnipotence  under  '  he  idea 
of  the  regulations  of  commerce,  an  ii'idireft  tax: 
was  laid  on  the  Americans  for  the  purpofes  of  a 
permanent  revenue,  at  the  difpoflil  of  the  crown, 
who  in  order  to  ftrcngthen  the  arm  of  govern- 
ment, made  the  high  offices  of  government  inde- 
pendent of  the  grants  heretofore  made  them  by 
the  colonial'  houfeS  of  Aflembly, — which  had  a 
tendency  to  expand  the  facrcd  flame  of  liberty, 
through  this  vaft  northern  continent.  In  this 
very  interefting  period  the  French  had  their 
emiflaries  hicog,  in  order  to  found  the  difpofition 
of  the  Americans  ;  viewing  I  conclude,  that  the 
Britifli  colonies  were  to  Britain  as  the  hair  waS 
to  Sampfon  of  old. — r  arrr  thus  induced  "to  con- 
dude  this  was  the  cafe,  as  l  well  remember  the 
then  Continental  Congrefs  in  forae  of  their  ad- 
drefles,  held  out  this  general  idea,  that  foreign 
aid  was  not  unattainable,  if  imperious  neceffity 
fhould  eventually  drive  them  to  arms,  to  defend 
their  liberties  and  every  thing  dear  unto  them. 
Hence' in  my  opinion  this  fection  alludes  to  that 
iiiterefting  period.  .  .    ,^^     , 

3d.' 
^^  When  men  like  violas  work  under  ground, 
"  The  Lion  a  Virgin  truePall  wound" 
I  pr(ifume  it  is  a  well  known  fa(^,  that  ihe  Bri- 
tifli fecret  fervice  money  granted  by  parliament, 
is  the  privy  purfe  of  the  premier ;  through  which 
means  I  humbly;  conceive  on  the  great  fcale  to  be 
the  corrupt  fountain  from  whence  proceed  a  great 

part 


with  a 

whilft^ 
.nguag<^ 
errefs  or 

intoxi- 
\  he  idea 
ireft  tasl 
)fes  of  3 
-  crown, 

govern- 
ent  inde- 
thcm  by 
ich  liad  a 
f  liberty. 
In  thia 
had  their 
iifpofition 
:,  that  the 

hair  was 
sd'to  con- 
ember  the 
f  their  ad-^ 
lat  foreign 
is  neceflity 
,  to  defend 
unto  them, 
ideg  to  that 

^;.^->*  ■''■■■• 

r  ground, 

und'* 
thatlheBn- 

parliament, 
rough  which 
;at  fcale  to  be 
oceedagreat 

part  ' 


ul 


1;       ' 


I 


i;  !■  :i 

•part  of  the  human  miferies,  with  which  the  great 
family  of  mankind  has  for  many  years  paft  been 
afllifted.     It  was  an  obfervation  of  that  arch  trai- 
tor to  Englifli  Uberties,  fir  Robert  Walpole,  that 
every  man  had'his  price  ;  it  was  verified  at  this 
time  M-hen  the  difputes  were  warpt  up  to  an  a- 
larming  pitch  between  the  then  mother  country 
and  their  then  colonies  ;  one  ailerted  the  right 
of  taxation,  the  other  denied  it,  in  confequence 
of  their  being  unreprefented  ;    and  that  repre- 
fentation  and  taxation  went  hand  in  hand  togeth- 
er.   It  is  welhknown  that  the  adminiftration  of 
Britain  frequently  carry  their  infernal  purpofcs 
into  effeft  by  bribery  and  corruption  ;  and  at  that 
eventful  moment  they  felcded  as  inftruments  in 
Maffachufetts,  a  Hutchinfon  and  an  Oliver,  of  in- 
famous memory   j—Thefe  inbred,  hypocritical 
ingrates,  kept  up  a  fecret  correfpondence  with 
their  friends  in  England,  who  were  hoftile  to  Eri- 
tifti  as  well  as  American  liberties.    Thefe  infuri- 
ated fons  of  an  evil  genii,  adhering  to  their  ad- 
vice, ftrengfhened  the  arm  of  violence  by  fending 
mercenary  troops  in  order  to  e4nrfcM*ce  their  unjuft 
and  imperious  edi(fls.     But  mark  With  attention, 
with  grateful  acknowledgments  the  kind  interpo- 
fition  of  the  Deity  in  favor  of  injured  innocence, 
in  the  feleaiion-of  a  Hancock,  an  •Adaina,  and  a 
Warren,  with  a  goodly  number  of  diftinguiftied 
patriots  at  Bofton,  (which  at  the  moment  was 
confidered  by  die  then  venai  Britifh  miniftry  and 
their  fatellites  this  fide. of  the  Atlantic,  to  be  the 
hot  bed  of  fedition)  through  whole  inftrumental- 
ity  .were  obtained  the  letters  abdve  alluded  to, 
which  were  laid  before  the  then  Maffachufetts  af 
fcmbly  ;  and  fliocking  to  relate,  they  ftrongly 
recommended  an  abridgement  of  what  was  then 

•  The  Hon,  S.  Adams.  Callcd 


*.■-»  »f  -^Jf  tin  ttu^t^^t^-M 


I  12         ] 

called  EngVifli  liberties.  In  order  t*  avoid  prc- 
lexity,  I  mull  beg  leave  to  refer  you  to  the  hif- 
tory  of  the  day  for  particulars  ;— Suffice  then, 
when  I  fay  it  finally  terminated  in  the  battle  at 
Lexington,  Anno,  1775,  and  which  m  my  opin- 
ion  coinpleats  the  fulfiUment  of  the  prediction  in 

the  third  iedion. 

4th. 
«'  When  the  Cock  and  Dove  the  LmJhaUfight^ 
«  The  Lionjhall  crouch  beneath  their  might." 
Previous  to  the  commencement  of  hoftilities  at 
Lexington,  Anno  1775,  the  then  general  congrefs, 
Tifed  every  exertion  within  the  limits  of  human 
wifdom   to  prefcribe  (unlefs  they  had  laid  prof- 
trate  at  the  fhrine  of  deipotifm  every  thing  that 
could  endear  life,)  in  order  to  prevent  a  difunion 
between  the  two  countries,  they  in  the  molt  tub- 
miffive  manner  implored  the  interpdfition  ot 
their  then  Sovereign,  but  to  no  efFecl,— they  re- 
jnonftrated  to  their  then  fellow-fubjefts  the  fatal 
effefts  that  would  accrue  to  both -countries,  but 
all  to  no  purpofe.     In  the  interim  they  were  not 
idle  to  aa  fully  up  to  the  firft  law  of  nature  m 
order  to  prepare  for  tlie  worft,— fo  that,foon  al- 
ter the  attempting  to  deftroy  the  public  ftores  at 
Concord,  the  Britifli  were  cooped  up  in  Bolton ; 
by  whom,  not  by  mercenary  troops,  but  the  Lords 
of  the  foil ;  and  being  defirous  of  getting  a  little 
more  elbow  room,  they  made  an  attempt  to  ob- 
tain  it  ;  hut  the  reception  they  met  wth  at  Bun- 
ker's Hill,  made  them  more  circumfpect,  asby 
fad  experience  they  then  found,  that  they  had  to 
combat  with  z  People  that  were  not  to  be  tritted 
with.     As  it  is  not  my  intention  to  give  /ou  too 
lengthy  a  detaU,  on  a  prefuniption  the  hiftory  ot 
the  Umcs  i*  not  fcarxje,— fufficc  it  then  when  l 


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avoid  prc- 
to  the  hif- 
Juffice  then, 
he  battle  at 
in  my  opin- 
)rediaion  in 


(hallfight^ 
■  mght** 
houilities  at 
ral  congrefs, 
s  of  human 
ad  laid  prof- 
y  thing  that 
it  a  diuinion 
:he  moft  fub- 
:rpbfition  of 
cl, — they  re- 
efts  the  fatal 
mntries,  but 
liey  were  not 
of  nature  in 
that,  foon  af- 
blic  ftores  at 
,p  in  Bofton; 
5ut  the  Lords 
etting  a  little 
:tempt  to  ob- 
wth  at  Bun- 
nfpect,  as  by 
t  they  had  to 
:  to  be  trifled 
give  /ou  too 
:he  hiftory  of 
then  when  I 
fay 


[  n.  ] 
'fij%that  after  having  to  encounter  with  numer- 
ous foes  without,  confifting  of  Britifli,  Heflian, 
Waldeckers  and  Britifli  favage  allies,  &c.  likcwife^ 
hoards  of  fecret  enemies  within,  and  repeatedly 
receiving  a  fpeci men  of  Br itith  c/twf wry,  in  their 
wantonly  firing  whole  towns  at  times  over  our 
heads.  In  fpite  of  all  oppofition  the  avenger  of 
wrongs  fo  ordered  it,  as  to  enable  us  to  capture  a 
whole  Britifli  army  under  bluftering  Burgoync, 
Anno,  1777.  This  truly  interefting  event  in  my 
weak  appreKenfion  hid  a  tendancy  to  raife  the 
Americans  into  importance  in  the  eyes  of  Eu- 
rope, for  it  is  worthy  of  notice  that  the  next 
year,  France  acknowledged  American  Independ- 
ence, a«d  became  the  ally  of  United  America  ; 
whole  united  eflbrts  in  conjundion  of  other 
friendly  powers,  compelled  the  Britifli  to  make 
neceflity  a  virtue,  in  diflolving  the  political  union, 
in  the  peace  of  1783,  in  which  the  13  Atlantic 
States  were  acknowledged  as  Free^  Sovereign  and 
Independent^  and  in  ray  opinion  developes  the 
enigma  of  the  4th  fe^ion  ;— and  here  for  a  mo. 
ment  the  ^rtt  a<^  of  this  di-atiiatic  tragedy  mufl: 
•end. 

■'•^•■■■'  t^^»>r.ini^Mi 

***  When  the  cock  JhoU  guard  the  iagle*s  nt/i, 
"  Tfxjlarsjball  all  rife  in  the  iv^i." 
During  the  American  Revolutionary  War — 
their  potent  ally  the  Fretich  Monarch  fent  over 
to  the  affiftaince  of  the  Americans  a  powerful 
fleet,  and  a  body  of  land  forces ;  in  which  united, 
they  weakened  the  power  of  Britain  much,  par- 
ticularly the  capture  of  Lord  Cornwallis,  in  Vir- 
ginia, with  has  whole  army.  I  have  heard  gen- 
tlemen of  acute  and  deep  penetration,  make  their 
obfertatidns,  tha*  the  advantages  the  officers  and 

j.*«  ..,  ii;jJB    ill— f  rit'ir.'l   r:/,iiJi>.:.        foldlers 


-rfUfx:-. 


C  14  ] 
foldlers  in  the  land  as  well  as  the  marine  iervke, 
gave  them  a  fair  chance  to  inveftigate  the  nature 
of  the  difpute  between  the  Americans  and  the  En- 
glifh  ; — and  it  ever  appeared  unto  me  they  fucked 
as  the  babe  at  the  breaft,  from  the  Americans, 
their  ideas  of  civil  and  religious  liberty. — ^For  it 
is  worthy  of  remark,  that  foon  after  their  return 
to  Europe  from  America,  after  the  peace  of 
1783,  the  feeds  of  the  Revolution  began  to 
fprout,  and  for  a  time  flourifhed,  until  it  was  en- 
deavoured to  be  cut  in  the  bud,  by  the  coalefced 
powers,  enemies  to  civil  and  religious  liberty— 
and  which  compelled  the  afferters  of  the  rights 
of  human  nature  to  have  recourfc  to  arms.— 
The  Auftrian  Flanders  was  early  in  the  conteft 
the  theatre  of  war  j  and  it  is  well  worthy  of  re- 
mark, that  the  famous  Charles  the  fifth,  emperor 
of  Germany,  &c.  was  the  fole  heir  of  the  ancient 
houfe  of  Burgundy,  in  the  right  of  his  mother, 
who  brought  with  her  the  fovereignty  of  Flan- 
ders into  the  family—  He  added  it  as  an  appen- 
dage to  the  German  Imperial  Eagle.  The  impor- 
tance of  the  country  is  very  great,  and JFrance  in 
confequence  of  her  being  in  poffeflion,  could  ex- 
tend her  maritime  influence  fo  as  to  anoy  the 
commerce  of  Britain,  and  prevent  Auftria  from 
being  a  maritime  power.  Thefe  weighty  confid- 
er  at  ions  on  the  oppofite  fides,  was  the  caufe  of 
the  very  many  bloody  battles  fought  in  that  coun- 
try, which  muft  be  frefli  in  the  memory  of  no 
inconfiderable  number  :.r— But  as  I  muft  be  brief, 
in  order  to  avoid  prolixity — Sufiice  when  I  fay- 
that  the  wholefome  nouri&ment  of  the  mind, 
they  were  furniftied  with,  under  the  American 
ftars.  Thefe  faithful  pupils,  like  robuft  foldiew, 
they  went  on  to  conquer,  and  are  to  this  day  in 
poflefiion  of  Auftrian  Flanders — the  neft  of  the 

Imperial 


bui 

wit 

kcf 

thr 

con 

to  1 

the 

tor; 

mil 

liit^ 

jtii 

ufe 

her 

par 

the 

tha 

He. 

tak 

ed, 

livi 

of 

and 

of  I 
carl 
twe 
crs. 
bal( 


•ine  'fervice, 
:  the  nature 
and  the  En- 
they  fucked 
Americans, 
•ty. — ^For  it 
their  return 
le  peace  of 
I  began  tQ 
rl  it  was  en- 
lie  coalefced 
IS  liberty— 
f  the  rights 
to  arms. — 
the  conteft 
orthy  of  re- 
ch,  emperor 
the  ancient 
his  mother, 
ity  of  Flan- 
s  an  appcn- 
The  impor- 
d JFrance  in 
1,  could  ex- 
o  anoy  the 
Luftria  from 
jhty  con  fid- 
he  caufe  of 
n  that  coun- 
nory  of  no 
uft  be  brief, 
when  I  fay 
the  mind, 
3  American 
lufl  foldiers, 
this  day  in 
neft  oK  the 
Imperial 


^ 


r 
L 


■5    ] 


imperial  Auftrian  Eagle.  So  that  I  am  clearly  cf 
opinion  that  the  data  and  fpot  fairly  dcvelopc3 
the  pi'cdidlion,  as  contained  in  the  fifth  fection. 


6th. 


s< 


'i 


When  p.nps  above  the  clouds  JliaUfail, 
"  The  lion's  Jirength  Jhalij'urely  fail.'' 

A  Ihip  is  well  known  to  be  a  large  h()no\\^ 
buildinq;  with  decks,  made  to  pafs  over  the  fea 
with  fails — by  which  means  a' communication  is 
kept  up  between  the  moft  dirtant  regions  ;  and 
through  the  means  of  art  open  juftifiable  fyllem  of 
commerce  the  moil  folid  advantages  arc  derived 
to  fociety  in  the  rapid  diffufion  of  light,  and  b/ 
the  exchange  of  the  prcduclions  and  manufac- 
tories of  the  moft  difiant  climes,  gives  employ  to 
millions  of  the  induftrious  part  of  the  conumi- 
hity.  But  thefe  cannot  be  the  fivlps  alluded  to,  as 
it  is  not  poflible  in  the  nature  of  things  to  make 
ufe  of  them  out  of  their  natural  clement  ; — and 
here  I  think  it  might  with  propriety  deferve  your 
particular  notice,  that  nearly  about  the  time  of 
the  commencement  of  the  French  Revolution^ 
that  fuch  was  the  fovcrci^n  will  and  plcafure  of 
Heaven,  as  to  permit  the  mvention  of  baloonrj  to 
take  place  ; — and  admitting  I  am  not  mifinform- 
ed,  a  celebrated  gentleman  of  the  faculty  now 
living  in  Bollon,  took  a  trip  acrofs  the  ftrcights  , 
of  Dover,  and  was  landed  in  fafcty  in  France  ; 
and  which  I  prefume  muft  be  the  (hips  alluded  to 
— And  now  let  us  notice  the  ufe  the  French  made 
of  them  ;  admitting  my  information  is  corrcft, 
early  in  the  conteft  which  was  carried  on  be- 
tween the  Frtncii  Republic  and  the  coalefced  pow- 
ers, they  had  men  in  the  cars  underneath  the 
baloons,  who  gave  the  fignal  from  above,  of  the 
'     "'     -   "lii  enemies 


-1 


'  I     3ii,    ^45.  i  ,f'~ 


[    »6   3 

enemies  movements,  and  by  wliicli  means  I  ever 
underlloc  i  that  the  French  obtained  many  lignal 
victories  in  Flanders,  and  notwithftanding  the 
immcnfc  treafures  expended  by  Britain  in  order 
to  keep  the  iLimes  of  war  alive — fucli  was  the 
fovereign  plcaiurc  of  that  Being  that  cannot  in 
the  nature  of  things  do  wrong,  fo  to  order,  that 
the  Auilrians  were  under  the  imperious  necefTity 
to  cede  in  full  fovcrcignty  the  whole  of  AuUrian 
Flanders  to  the  French.  Ever  fincc  that  event- 
ful period,  the  power  of  Britain  has  been  rapidly 
on  the  decline  on  the  Continent  of  Europe  ; — and 
of  courfe  compleats  the  prediction  contained  in 
the  fixth  fection.  .    ..  ;.,  ^^  .,  . 

7th. 
"  W/jen  Kept  lines  kick  %vith  Snpes  is  red, 
"  "Ibe Jiikly  Lion  jhall  hide  his  head.'* 
Noptuiic  and  the  I. ion  I  conceive  to  be  fynoni- 
mous  terms  by  a'i' aing  to  one  and  the  fame 
thing  ;  for  it  is  well  known  that  the  Lion  is  an 
cnibiem  of  Britain,  and  Neptune  was  confidercd 
•as  the  lllular  God  of  tlic  ancients  of  the  fea ; 
und  it  Is  too  well  known  that  Britain  has  arro- 
gated to  herfcif  the  fovereignty  of  the  Ocean,  and 
lias  carried  her  unjuft  and  ufurped  power  to 
intolerable  lengths,  particularly  of  late.  In  no- 
ticing this  fubjecl,  I  would  wifh  to  be  underftood 
that  it  is  in  confequence  of  what  I  have  fecn  in 
the  public  prints  and  what  has  been  related  to  me 
by  gentlemen  that  have  fuffered  in  their  proper- 
ty, as  well  as  many  reprefentatlons  made  by  them 
who  have  been  fo  fortunate  as  to  efcape  from 
what  they  cnnfidered  to  be  -x  floating  hell,  3.BritiJI} 
Jhip  of  War ;  in  robbing  them  of  their  liberties 
and  compelling  them  to  help  to  carry  into  efFed 
their  fanguinary  and  knavilh  plans,  to  murder 

and 


^r     I     anc 


f 


leans  I  ever 
many  lignal 
tanding  the 
in  in  order 
ch  was  the 
t  cannot  in 
order,  that 
us  necefilty 
of  AuUrian 
that  event- 
)ecn  rapidly 
rope  ; — and 
Dntained  in 


is  redf 
■ad." 

.-)  be  fynoni- 
d  the  fame 
;  Lion  is  an 
5  confidcrcd 

of  the  fea ; 
n  has  arro- 

Ocean,  and 
1  power  to 
ite.     In  no- 

underftood 
ave  fecn  in 
:lated  to  me 
heir  proper- 
ide  by  them 
ifcape  from 
bell,  a  Briti/I} 
icir  liberties 
y  into  effeft 

to  murder 
and 


[  17  ] 
and  plunder  friends  as  well  as  the  nations  with 
which  they  are  at  open  war.  The  American 
commerce  is  well  known  to  have  fuffered  fevcrely 
in  the  prefent  conteft  between  England  and  the 
belligerent  powers,  which  are  now  at  war  on  the 
mod  frivolus  pretence.  Our  ihips  while  in  purfuit 
of  lawful  commerce,  have  been  feized  by  this  1"  w- 
lefs  banditti  and  fent  into-  thci"  ports  for  what 
they  call  adjudication  ;  and  admitting  we  are  fo 
lucky  as  to  get  liberated,  the  long  detention,  and 
the  heavy  expences  attending  thefc  fham  trials, 
have  deftroycd  the  faireil  profpccls,  to  the  great 
injury  and  undoubtedly  the  utter  ruin  of  many 
an  honeft  and  induftrious  citizen  :  fo  that  admit- 
ting every  crime  to  be  a  ftripe  in  Neptune's  back, 
it  of  courfe  is  well  filled.  However,  their  accu- 
mulated crimes  have  warp'd  up  the  public  indig- 
nation, and  to  be  or  not  to  be,  will  foon  be  the 
queftion. — I  Hull  now  notice  the  precarious  fitu- 
ation  to  which  Britain  has  plunged  herfclf  into, 
by  interfering  with  her  neighbor's  immediate  con- 
cerns :  At  the  time  the  French  began  a  reform 
in  their  government,  tho  Englifli  commercial  fiag 
was  feen  flying  in  every  part  of  the  habitual  globe, 
their  fliips  freighted  with  their  manufactories,  and 
in  return  were  freighted  back  with  raw  materials^ 
whick  undoubtedly  gave  bread  to  thoulands  and 
perhaps  millions  of  their  induftrious  poor.  But 
alas,  the  contrail  !  look  over  the  map  of  the 
world  and  you  will  find  from  the  mouth  of  the 
Elbe  to  the  north  of  Portugal,  every  port  hoftile 
to  the  introdudion  of  the  articles  of  their  manu- 
fadories  ;  from  the  fouth  of  Portugal  up  the 
Mediterranean,  round  the  boot  of  Italy  into  the- 
Adriatic  fea,  much  in  the  fame  fituation  ;  their 
trade  in  the  Levant  to  appearance  ruined,  and. 
B  2  their 


^C'J  ■HiMJlJHUlLii 


C     '«    ] 

then'  trade  in  the  Baltic  lea,  in  a  critical  fituatlon, 
which  leads  nic  to  conclude  that  tlie  day  we  now 
live  in,  the  7th  fcclion  ot  this  fingular  prediction 
is  alluded  to. 

•      8th.  "      T'  M  ,  ^;. 

*^Whenfeven  and fts  Jball  make  but  one,      ^s 
"  The  I  Jon's  mi^ht  jlxiU  be  undone." 
We  very  well  remember,  that  after  our  ftiut^- 
glcs  in  the  revolutionary  war,  that  the  thirteen 
Atlantic  States,  were,  in  the  peace  of  1783,  ac- 
knowlcd;j;ed  on  the  part  of  Britain,  as  free,  Ibver- 
cign  and  independent  ; — as  particularly  mention- 
ed in  the  articles  of  the  treaty,  with  an  extent  of 
territory  fcarcely  to  be  equalled  by  an)^  nation  on 
the  face' of  the  globe.     The  want  of  a  federal 
head,  in  ordSr  more  cffeftually  to  unite  as  one, 
was  early  felt  to  be  eiTential  for  the  prefervation 
of  the  whole  ;  otherways  it  was  to  be  feared  wc 
Ihould  have  become  a  pray  to  our  ambitious  and 
relllefs  neighbors  ;  and  which  laid  the  founda- 
tion of  our  prefent  General  Government  :  If  its 
firft  and  leading  principles  had  been  ftridly  ad- 
hered to,  in  my  humble  opinion  the  citizens  of 
the  United  States  would  have  been  the  happieft 
people  that  exift  on  the  face  of  the  globe.      As 
every  refource  within  itfelf  (it  rightly  improved,) 
is  a  ftate  of  independency,  and  the  rapid  and  un- 
precedented population  of  our  country,  convinces 
me  that  we  have  nothing  to  dread  from  any  pow- 
er that  may  be  difpofed  to  try  the  length  of 
fwords  on  the  land  ;  and  probably  if  put  to  our 
trumps,  another  mufqu€toe  fleet*  might  be  fixed 
out  and  be  equally  fuccefsful  as  the  one  at  Louif- 
burgh,  Anno,  1745.     But  to  return — foon  after 


the 


•  A  term  aF  derilion  given  by  Mortpaiig,  at  feeing  the 
New- England  fleet  anchor  in  Carbaroufe  bay. 


the 

gan 

ther 

and 

prev 

no, 

pled 

port 

tun< 

ilTuc 

fwci 

Yor 

mor 

(the 

circi 

con^ 

prof 

man 

firft 

nera 

remi 

whi( 

cffor 

ed  V 

coin 

iilen 

attri 

tion 

at  tl 

pellc 

harC 

oftl 

the  ] 

gene 

theii 

and 


/ 


ilfituatlon, 

lay  we  now 

prediction 


one,.  -  '! 

1  our  ftiu^- 
he  thirteen 
f  1783,  ac- 
free,  lover- 
ly mcntion- 
\n  extent  of 
y  nation  on 
if  a  federal 
lite  as  one, 
)refervation 
e  feared  wc 
ibitious  and 
:he  founda- 
nent  :  If  its 
ftriaiy  ad- 
citizens  of 
he  happieft 
globe.      As 
improved,) 
pid  and  un- 
y,  convinces 
m  any  pow- 
e  length  of 
■  put  to  our 
ght  be  fixed 
ne  at  Louif- 
— foon  after 
the 

g,  at  feeing  the 


[  19  ] 
the  Federal  Government  was  organized  and  be- 
gan to  operate,  unfortunately  for  this  country, 
there  were  two  powerful  parties  in  oppofuion  ; 
and  here  you  will  permit  nic  to  remind  you,  that 
previous  to  the  commencement  of  hoftilities.  An- 
no, i775,through  the  channel  of  refolutions,  they 
pledged  to  each  other  their  facred  honor  to  fup- 
port  the  common  cauie  with  their  lives  and  for- 
tunes. Ihe  General  Congrefs  on  this  bottom 
ilTucd  paper  bills  of  credit,  which  for  a  while  an- 
fwcred  a  good  purpole  :  but  the  Brltilh  at  New- 
York  emitted  imnienfe  fums  of  counterfeit  paper 
money,  and  with  the  afliftance  of  their  friends, 
(the  fecret  enemies  of  our  country)  got  it  into 
circulation,  which  embarraffed  much  the  general 
con^reft  ;  and  fclf  intereil  having  expelled  the 
profeflion  of  public  virtue  from  the  minds  of  fo 
many  native  Americans,  who  were  lavifli  at  the 
firft  onfet,  had  nearly  ruined  thecaufe.  The  ge- 
neral congrefs  were  not  wanting  in  their  d'.:ty  to 
remind  their  conftituents  of  the  fatal  precipice  to 
which  they  were  haftening  ;  but  their  unremitted 
efforts  to  fave  their  linking  country  were  crown- 
ed with  fuccefs,  in  effefling  loans  of  the  Iblid 
coin  and  other  articles,  elTential  to  their  very  ex- 
iilence  as  a  nation  5  which  under  providence,  I 
attribute  to  be  the  means  of  our  political  falva- 
tion.  But  notwithftanding,  imperious  neceflity 
at  the  final  iffue  of  the  revolutionary  war,  com- 
pelled our  government  to  make  payment  to  the 
hardy  and  trufty  foldiery  in  the  final  certificates 
of  their  agent,  who  was  authorifed  to  liquidate 
the  public  accounts  ; — the  want  of  power  in  the 
general  congrefs  to  make  and  enforce  taxes  for 
their  payment,  bore  hard  on  the  public  creditors, 
and  which  opened  a  door  for  a  hoft  of  hankers, , 

fliarpers, 


# 


[       20       ] 

iliarpers,  and  fwindlers,  to  become  fpeculators  in 
the  public  fecurities  ;  many  of  whom  undoubted- 
ly  were  from  the  dregs  of  fociety,  who  were  fo 
modcft  as  to  purchafe  in  at  about  one  eighth  of  the 
value  ;  the  difccrning  and  influential  amongft 
this  medley  group  of  devotees  at  the  fhrine  of 
mammon,   were  adlive  £0  get  themfelves  and 
friencto  'lecled  as  our  fervants  j  and  how  tar  they 
were  faithful,  let  the  impartial  judge  for  them- 
fclves, — fullice  when  I  fay  that  they  eventually 
faddled  on  you,  tiiat  national  curfc,  a  national 
debt — in  the  afl'umption  and  funding  the  above 
alluded  TO  fecurities,  (in  preference,  to  their  being 
cxtinguifhed  by  the  falc  of  the  public  lands  at  a 
fair  price)  which  alarmed  I  prcfumc  many  of  the 
virtuous  Republicans  ;    but  when  this  felf  cre- 
ated new  order  of  ftatefmen,  the  paper  nabobs,  had 
got  a  permanent  footing  as  they  vainly  imagined, 
under  the  mafk.of  an  efficient  government,  the 
cloven  foot  of  defpotifm  foon  began  to  fhew  it- 
felf ;  which   brought  forward  the  invulnerable 
pen  of  Old  South  in  the  Independent  Chronicle, 
and  fome  able  writers  in  tlie  Salem  Rcgifter  and 
other  Republican  papers,  in  defence  of  your  tot- 
tering liberties  ;  and  here  you  will  permit  me  to 
remark,  that  Etna,  in  the  Ifland  of  Sicily,  was 
confidered  by  the  ancients  as  the  mouth  of  Hell, 
in  confcquence  of  the  deflrucllive  lava  it  occafioH- 
ally  emitted  ;  but  the  high  feafoned  fcribblers  in 
many  of  the  anti-republican  papers,  very  far  ex- 
ceeded Mount  Etna,  for  tii«^y  wece  inceflantly 
emitting  every  fpecies  of  fcurrelity  againft  our 
friends  who  were  honeft  and  bold  enough  to  ftem 
the  torrent,  and  they  were  not  backward  to  fab- 
ricate and  propagate  falfe  and  idle  ftories,  in  or- 
der to  clokc  the  deadly  plan  of  the  introduftion 

of 


pror 
wlic 
—hi 


they 
then 
and 
vile 

tceir 
who 


nvec 

fore 

lent: 

on  tl 

has  1 

thef 

man: 

the  I 

whic 

the 

pred 

fecoi 


/ 


eculators  in 
undoubted- 
rho  were  fo 
ighth  ot  the 
ial  amongft 
le  flirine  of 
Tifelves  and 
ow  tar  tliey 
:  for  them- 
r  eventually 
,  a  national 
ig  the  above 
3  their  being 
LC  lands  at  a 
many  of  the 
:his  ielf  cre- 
r  nabobs,  had 
ly  imagined, 
rnment,  the 
1  to  fhew  it- 
invulnerable 
it  Chronicle, 
Regifter  and 
of  your  tot- 
jermit  me  to 
F  Sicily,  was 
)uth  of  Hell, 
a  it  occafioR- 
fcribblers  in 
very  far  cx- 
&  inceffantly 
'  againft  our 
lough  to  ftem 
Lward  to  fab- 
lories,  in  or- 
introduftion 
of 


[      21       J 

vif  .1  large  ftanding  army  ;  and  even  fofflc  of  the 
I'riclls  of  the  altar,  were  not  b;ickward  to  iiclp  to 
fetter  you  with  the  iron  chains  of  dclpotifm,  as  a 
certain  well  known  Rev'd  Don,  was  alliduouh  to 
promulgate  his  bug  bear  eflays  on  the  illuminati, 
wlicrcin  a  truly  relpcc'table  order  were  implicated 
— but  I  ihall  forbear  to  recr.pitulate  the  many  in- 
novations on  your  liberties,  and  tin:  tyrannical 
ads  pafl'ed  in  the  late  adminiftration,  as  1  prelumc 
t!\ey  muft  be  frelli  iii  your  memories  :  Suflicc 
then  when  I  fay  that  ever  lincc  the  prcfcnt  mild 
and  judicious  order  of  things  took  place,  the  Icr- 
vilc  editors  of  the  oppofition  papers  have  been 
teeming  with  violent  invedivcs  againft  thofe, 
who  I  cannot  but  think,  their  greatcft  glory 
would  be  to  render  you  every  pofliblc  good  ; 
which  undoubtedly  muft  make  fuch  infamous 
fcribhlers  appear  ridiculous  in  the  ellimation  of 
foreigners,  while  that  it  has  a  tendency  to  inner- 
vate t'l-  arm  of  government,  when  in  purfuit  of 
our  reai  intcreft  ;— on  the  other  hand,  every  aft 
of  the  oppofers  of  our  lawful  commerce  has  been 
by  thefe  anti-republicans  (with  few  exceptions) 
cxtoled  to  the  fkies.  The  fullnefs  of  time  has  ar- 
rived, and  the  fcales  have  fallen  from  the  hereto- 
fore deluded  but  honeft  citizens.  The  late  vio- 
lent attack  of  the  Britifh  fliip  of  war  the  Leopard, 
on  the  United  States  fliip  of  war  the  Chefapeakc, 
has  had  the  happy  tendency  to  unite  as  one  man, 
the  friends  of  American  liberty,  in  openly  and 
manfully  bearing  an  honorable  teflimony  againft 
the  recent  indignity  offered  our  national  flag  ; 
which  in  my  opinion  compleats  the  firft  line  of 
the  eighth  and  laft  fedion  of  this  remarkable 
predidion  of  Merlin's. — A  few  remarks  on  the 
fecond  line  and  then  I  have  done.     Admitting 

any 


i 


C       .2       ] 

any  confidence  cnn  be  placed  in  tlic  public  priiitr, 
a  lively  reprerent:\tion  ot  the  wnnigsdnnc  by  tit? 
Britiih  fliips  of  w;ir,  has  been  iriiule  by  tiic  Kxo 
cutivc  ot"  the  Union  to  the  Britiih  g<  vermncnt, 
and  undoubtedly  an  uncquivo«.al  exjylanation  on 
this  head,  as  well  as  iatistaction  for  the  injuries 
done,  is  cxpeftcd  ;  which  it  is  to  be  devoutly 
hoped  on  the  part  of  the  Britifli,  will  be  acceded 
to  in  order  to  prevent  an  open  rupture,  which 
would  be  deftruc^ve  to  both  countries  ;— But 
admitting  for  a  moment  that  war  mull  be  the 
order  of  the  day— I  think  the  chances  mull  be 
much  againft  Britain,  for  the  following  reafons  ; 
a  ruinous  national  debt,  their  commerce  curtailed 
in  Europe,  and  embarraffcd  in  America,  the  pow- 
erful enemies  flie  has  already  got  to  contend  with, 
that  if  imperious  ncecfllty  iliould  compel  the  A- 
mericans  to  join  the  powerful  coalition,  I  mud 
eonfefs  I  fee  nothing  to  prevent  the  finking  of 
Britain  as  a  nation — fo  that  in  either  cafe,  I  con- 
ceivc  the  Lion's  power  to  be  at  an  end  ;  which 
complcats  the  fecond  ar  '  lad  ad  of  tiiis  dramat- 
ic tragedy. 


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;s  clone  hy  the 
;  by  tlic  Kxc- 
gt  vernincnt, 
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be  devoutly 
ill  be  acceded 
pture,  which 
^trics  ; — But 

mull  be  the 
inces  muft  be 
ving  reafons  ; 
icrce  curtailed 
rica,  the  pow- 
contend  with, 
:onnpel  the  A- 
lition,  I  mud 
ic  finking  of 
er  cafe,  I  con- 

end  ;  which 
i'  this  dramaf- 

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The  Chefapeake   Majfacrr.  ! 

Compofcd  by   a  Revolutionist  of  'y^. 

«'  Fiat  jujiitia,  ruat   Ccelum.** 

COLUMDIA'i  Sons,  roufe  and  defend 
Yo\XT  facred  rights,    and  hq'w  contcod 

With  ev'ry  manly  grace  ; 
Let  not  your  tredeceffon  manc« 
fie  dilturb'd  by  Lyrium's  plaiQ%    , 

To  curfe  thtir  dajiard  tma* 

Oppreffion'i  fon»  in  blaze  of  da^, 
Moft  Ca-ward/ji  have  dar'd  to  play 

Their  engines  of  perdition — 
But  let  them  Icnow,  thro'  ev'ry  vein 
Your  crimfon  blood  flows  with  difJaia 
'.  s      At  your  aggnev'd  condition.  )„  ^ 

If  You  ftould  now  refign  the  field,  ■> 

And  with  fubmiili-n  ia/ey  yield      •  , 

To  fuch  imperious  ^ra/^/ ; 
No  longei  may  you  ever  claim  ,     ,    >,  ^  -j 

The  hoi.or  of  Columbia's  name  -     ..    !; 

But  r.:ofc  with  jtibion's  duptt. 

Freedom  fliall  yn  inhabit  here,*  "^ 

Our  manfions  free  from  furvile  fear 

In  fpile  of  caiuard  clans. 
And  to  th.  world  we'll  m.^ke  it  known, 
That  «  J  defpife  Brifnnnia'i  throne, 

And  all  infernal  plant. 


Jf  JEFFERSON  and  Congress  Join, 
We  can  defeat   the  bafe   defign 

Of  villainous  incrates  ; 
Then  let  us  arm  at  ev'ry   point. 
And  with  our  blood,  our  caufe  anoin^ 

And  tPBft  to  GOD  our  fate*. 


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To  the  EnHnhtemd  Citizens  of  Portfmou'.h  and  eifcvchere  :  — 

RcfptBed  Friendt, — Confidtring  it  a  crime  ot  ''lefirft  magnitude  .ijiaiiiO 
the  majtdy  of  HcHVen  to  witliold  any  info,  mation  calculated  in  1117 
epinicn  to  make  my  FtUow-mortals  happy  wliilefojouming  tliroiigli  thl» 
wilderneft  world— are  the  leading  tnotivei  for  my  introducing  (in  ilie 
fernnd  edition  ol  Merlio)  the  fnilowing  extra<5t  of  an  original  Letter 
from  a  deceafed  friend,  for  your  iiil'peftioii.  JOSEPH  LElUH. 

Fortfmoutb,  N.  IL  OiUbir  1 80 7 JO. 

*•  Dear  Sir,  Detuermry,  24M  OHohcr  1795—39. 

*'  Your  letter  and  a!fo  the  Newipapers  you  were  pleal'ed 
t(.  fend  me  I  received  fafe,  and  I  return  you  my  hearty  thai.ks 
for  the  fame  ;  nnd  I  thank  you  efpecially  for  yonr  zealous 
endeavors  to  make  known  the  Divine  ^n6  Eternal  truths  of 
the  NewChnrch;  I  can  only  thank  you, — but  the  Divine 
human  will  give  you  ifiw  reward: — believe  me  my  dear  fir, 
nothing  would  have  afforded  me  greater  pleafure  than  your 

.  agreeable  letter, — We  mud  look  to  the-Lnrd  for  patience  and 
perfeverance,  the  time  will  come  on  this  earth  when  the 
do^rines  of  the  New  Church  will  be  the  Glory,  Honor  and 
Happinefi  of  every  nation  on  tbi«  earth  ;  You  and  I  may 
then  be  in  etermty,  but  we  can  die  in  the  comforting  reflec- 
tion, that  when  in  this  lif«,  we  did  tut  ifft,  to  make  known  the 
new  church  of  the  Lord.     I  agree  entirely  with  you  that  the 

2  fuccefs  of  the  French  Revokttion  is  fweeping  a  way  for  the 
new  church  of  the  Divine  human,  by  demolifbing  the  powers 
of  Babylon  and  the  Dragon;  andJam  indeed  Airprifed  that 

'Great  Britain  hitherto  a  land  of  libetty.  (hould  fo  ftrenuoufly 
drive  againft  the  liberty  of  the  noble  French  nation.  For  I 
believe  God  created  all  men  to  be  free,  and  the' happinefs  of 
one  nation  can  never  depend  on  the  flavery  and  oppreffion  of 
another.  North  America  I  hope  will  fliowitielf  to  be  that 
nation, which  after  obtaining  independence  and  liberty,  proved 
to  mankind  that  thefe  bleflings  are  effentially  necefTiry  to  th( 
obtaining  of  a  Aill  higher  and  more  important  bleffing,  name< 
ly,  the  full  and  free  reception  of  genuine  truths  a«  now  re- 
vealed by  the 'Lord  out  of  bit  sew  Heavens.  This  will  con* 
fiitute  the  happi.iers  of  human  nature,  and  in  proportion  as 
this  new  Church  is  recived,  Ifincerely  believe  wars  will 
ceafe,  and  mankind  will  live  in  peace  and  friendfliip ;  and 
thus  this  earth  will  become,  wbat  for  many  ages  paft  it  has 
not  been,  the  kingdom  of  the  Lord  in  the  ultimates  of  crea> 
tion.  Whence  proceed  wars  but  from  that  pride,  felfiihnefs, 
and  luve  of  dominion,  which  the  new  church  iwll  transform 
^nto  the  love  of  God  and  the  love  of  human  nature,  and  a 
delire  to  perform  good  ufes  to  all  men.  Toun,  isfc.  J.  G." 
Mr,  joittH  LfcicH,  Portfmouthf  N.  H, 


mJ  elft'vchere  ;  — 
le  firft  niRgiiitudc  :igaiiiO 
latioi!  calculati-d  in  mf 
jfojuurning  tliroiigli  thi» 
my  introducing  (in  llie 
£1  of  an  original  Lttter 
JOSEPH  LEIGH. 


IHobcr  1795 39. 

»crs  you  were  pleal'ed 
oil  my  hearty  thanks 
illy  for  yonr  zealous 
id  Eternal  truths  of 
30,— but  the  Divine 
lieve  me  my  dear  fir, 
;r  pleal'ure  than  your 
<ord  for  patience  and 

this  earth  when  the 
le  Glory,  Honor  and 
th  ;  Ycu  and  I  may 
;he  comforting  reflec- 
f?,  to  make  known  the 
ely  with  you  that  the 
leping  a  way  for  tht 
molifting  the  powers 

indeed  furprifed  that 

(huuld  fo  ftrenuoufly 
rench  nation.     For  I 

aed  the'  happinefs  of 
'ery  and  oppreffion  of 

(howitfelf  to  be  that 
ee  and  liberty,  proved 
tially  neceiTary  to  th( 
ortant  bleffing,  name* 
ine  truths  as  now  rs- 
ivens.     This  will  con- 

and  in  proportion  as 
ely  believe  wars  will 

and  friendfliip ;  and 
many  ages  paft  it  has 
the  ultimates  of  crea- 
that  pride,  felfininefs, 
church  «m11  transform 
haman  nature,  and  a 
nar/,£jf(r.  J.  G.» 


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